MEMAG fechtschule Locations
Salisbury,MD Location:
Phone: 410 546 9483
Email: the-memag@comcast.net
Germantown, MD Location:
Phone: (301) 385 6180
Email: rkoulak@yahoo.com
New Jersey/ Philadelphia Area:
Phone: (856) 308 9443
Email: weedhoe@gmail.com
Introduction
- HEMA
- What is HEMA
- Shared aspects of Martial Arts
- Controlling the Fight
- Efficiency
- Artfulness
- Why learn a HEMA?
- Self defense
- Exercise
- History
- Competition
- Self Improvement
- Why learn to heal?
- Balance the destruction
- Heal yourself
- Heal others
- The Liechtenauer Tradition
- HRE
- The Longsword in history
- The Longsword and its parts
- Liechtenauer
- Choosing a ready sword
- Parts of the Sword and their uses
- Liechtenauer
- Other Masters
- The Art
- Essential Equipment
- Shoes
- Clothing
- Longsword Simulators
- Pell
- Sharp weapon
- Cutting Targets
- Translation of Primary Sources
- Fundamental Concepts
- How to train
- Focus
- Time and persistence
- Dedicated practice
- Progression of training
- Learned reflexes and muscle memory
- Start with hard movements with long intervals
- Progress to fast movements with short intervals
- Safety
- Standing at Attention
- Saluting
- General Safety Rules
- General Lessons
- Warm-up
- Stretches
- Balance drills
- Stance
- Forward Stance
- Reverse Stance
- Footwork
- Passing Step
- Adjustment Step
- Triangle Step
- Springing
- Gripping the Longsword
- Standard Grip
- Thumb Grip
- Half Sword
- Murder Stroke
- Eye contact
- Normal Gaze
- Deceiving Gaze
- Breathing
- Distances
- Length
- Measure
- Leger/Huten (Postures/Guards)
- Attacking/ Defending
- Haue(Cuts)
- Oberhaue
- Unterhaue
- Mittelhaue
- Zecker(Tag-hits)
- Stechen(Stabs)
- Oberstechen
- Unterstechen
- Schnitte(Slices)
- Oberschnitte
- Unterchnitte
- Test Cutting
- Defending
- Master Kal’s Allegorical Figure
- Eyes
- Heart
- Feet
- The Five Words
- Vor (Before)
- Nach (After)
- Schwech/Weich (Weak/Soft)
- Starck/Hart (Strong/Hard)
- Indes/Fühlen (While/Feeling)
- Binden
- Blieben
- Frequens Motus
- Motion
- Phases of the Fight
- Beginning
- Middle
- End
- If you frighten easily, no fencing should you learn.
Zornhau (Wrath Cut)
- Zornhau
- Zornhau-Ort (Nach)
- Counter by using Winden
- Counter with Ablauffen and Geschrencktort
- Abnehmen (Umbschlagen)
- Counter
- Winden on the Right
- Take it down and stab
- Unterhau to the legs
- Winden
- Take it down and stab
- Take it to the other side and stab
- Zornhau (Vor)
- Counter by binding strongly with an Oberhau Zorn-Ort
- Winden
- Halbschwert stab Counter
- Take it down and stab
- Take it to the other side and thrust
- Unterhau from the Left
- The Krieg
- Fühlen
- Above and Below
- The three wounders
- Cut
- Stab
- Slice
- Vier Blossen (Four Openings)
- Four Openings
- Breaking the Four openings
- Using his Nach against him
- Duplieren
- From Ringeck
- From Kal
- From Goliath (from the left)
- Mutieren
- From Ringeck
- From Kal
- From Goliath (from the left)
Krumphau (Crooked Cut)
- Krumphau
- To the hands
- Strike to the head after hitting the blade
- Short Cut
- Counter the Krumphau with the long point
- Counter with the Noble War
Zwerchhau (Thwart Cut)
- Zwerchhau
- To the head
- Duplieren
- Counter with schnappen
- Hook and Zwerchhau
- Throw
- Cut
- Counter with schnappen
- High and Low
- Verführen
- Verfliegen
- Failer
- Failing
- Verkehrer
- Double Failer
- Counter with a high Zwerchhau
- Counter with a cut to the arms and neck
- Counter with a cut
- Countered by duplieren
- Countered by Winden
- Counter with a low Zwerchhau
Schielhau (Squinting Cut)
- Schielhau
- Against an Oberhau
- Thrust if he changes through
- Durchwechseln
- Defeat Langenort
- Look to the head but strike to the hands
Scheitelhau (Scalp Cut)
- Scheitelhau
- Against Alber
- Wind against Kron
- Use Kron to counter
- Wind from Kron to counter
- Cut against someone rushing in and press the hands
Vier Leger (Four Postures)
- Vier Leger
- Ochs
- Pflug
- Alber (You are a Fool to lie in it)
- vom Tag
- Schlaudern from Leger
Vier Versetzen (Four Displacements)
- Vier Versetzen
- Displacing
- Good
- Bad
- Krumphau to Ochs
- Zwerchhau to vom Tag
- Schielhau to Pflug
- Scheitelhau to Alber
- Schnappen to counter a displacement
- Tear at him on the blade to counter a displacement (Zucken)
- Zirckel
- Halfsword thrust from Zwerchhau to counter a displacement
Nachreisen (Chasing After)
- Nachreisen
- When he pulls back
- When he strikes short (adjustment step back to facilitate)
- First outside taking
- Second outside taking
- A Nachreisen from low Cuts
- Indes/Fuhlen
- Counter to Nachreisen
- The old cut
- Counter his counter by un-inverting
Oberlaufen (Over-running)
- Oberlaufen
- Against a low cut
- Get on top of his sword
- Schnappen
- Oberfallen
Absetzen (Setting-off)
- Absetzen
- From right side against a cut and stab
- From left side against a cut and stab
- Counter to Absetzen with Fehler
Durchwechseln (Changing Through)
- Durchwechseln
- Against a strike near your point
- Against one whom fights short
Zucken (Pulling)
- Zucken
- To the other side (Umbschlagen)
- To the same side
Durchlaufen (Running Through)
- Back over right leg
- Forward over right leg
- Back over left leg
- Forward over left leg
- Figure Four
- Arm bar
- Elbow push
- Arm wrap
- Schwertnehmen row
- Step in the stomach
- Schwertnehmen with the halbschwert
- Throw with both hands
- Ball and chain
- Neck cut and elbow push
- Halbschwert throw
- Pommel knock with right hand and Schwertnehmen
- Pommel knock with left hand and Schwertnehmen
- Throw back and thrust
- Fall in both legs
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Durchlaufen
Abschneiden (Cutting-Off)
- Abschneiden
- Cut off the hard ones from below
- Four cuts
- Counter to schnappen
Hende Trucken (Hand-Pressing)
- Hende Trucken
- From below to above
Zwei Hangen (Two Hangings)
- Zwei Hangen
- Lower left
- Upper left
- Verschieben
- Sprechfenster in the Krieg
- If he backs off
- If he strikes to the other side with an Oberhau
- If he strikes to the other side with a Zwerchhau
- Nachreisen against an Oberschnitt
- Duplieren if he remains
- Sprechfenster in the Zufechten
- Absetzen
- Durchwechseln
- Schnappen
- Durchlaufen
Das Winden (The Winding)
- Das Winden
- 8 windings
- 24 techniques
- Counter to an Abzüg from Hs. 3227a
- Conclusion of the teachings and details of strategy
Teachings of Additional Masters
- Additional Teachings
- Abzüg
- Danzig General Teaching
- Meyer
- Nebenhut
- Play 1
- Play 2
- Play 3
- Play 4
- Play 5
- Play 6
- Play 7
- Wallerstein Winden
- Counter Throw Indes
- Counter Winden
- Verzuckterhau to the Elbow
- Nider Stoss (Ausreisen) and neck throw
- Aussernehmen
- Neck cut and arm break
- Counter arm break
- Counter throw
- Throw with the Halbschwert
- Shove and cut
- Pommel between the hands schwertnehmen
- Sturtzhau
- Rinde
- Wechselhau
- Gayszlen
- Barring
- Plate 23
- Plate 25
- Plate 27
- Plate 28
- Mortstosse
- Throw from the Mortstosse
- Plate 35
- Plate 36
- Unarmed Counters against a Longsword
- Bouting
Further lessons
- Fight Tactics
- Healing
- Healing using Medieval Methods
- Interpreting Primary Documents
- Interpreting Medieval Manuscripts
- Teaching Others
- Teaching others the Art of Unarmoured Longsword Fencing
- Attributes of a good teacher
Other Ranks
Longsword Ranks - Dagger Ranks
Other Syllabus
Longsword Syllabus - Dagger Syllabus
PDF of Ranks and Syllabus
Longsword Syllabus and ranks - Dagger Syllabus and Ranks
